The ASPCA said it had offered the owner spay and neutering service and help with placing the rabbits in a new home.

Animal rights group PETA wrote to DA Ken Thompson, urging him to act to protect“approximately 100 domestic rabbits,” many of which are confined to cages with only partial cardboard boxes for shelter or else roam freely with only lean-tos protecting them from the sun.”

PETA said the rabbits are “in desperate need” of government intervention.